Letter: Bad behavior mustn't be tolerated

1:12 AM,
Apr. 25, 2013

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This long article talked about black school students being suspended much more than the other students. The huge majority of the article placed the blame on teachers being "racially biased" even if unknowingly.

One tiny section did quote one person as saying it was probably due more to socio-economic conditions, but it didn't elaborate. In fact, the lone dissenter even went on to say that the new law will close the gap between suspensions of blacks and others. How? By putting up with lousy behavior that teachers shouldn't have ...